FootballSaturday, September 9, 2017
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STAFF PICKS

The Daily football writers pick 
against the spread to predict 
scores for the top 25 and Big Ten 
in the 2017 football season.

Betelhem 
Ashame

Ted
Janes

Orion 
Sang

Kevin 
Santo

Cincinnati (+34.5) at No. 8 Michigan
Michigan
Michigan
Michigan
Michigan
Michigan

Fresno State (+43.5) at No. 1 Alabama
Alabama
Alabama
Alabama
Alabama
Alabama

No. 5 Oklahoma(+7) at No. 2 Ohio State
Ohio State
Ohio State
Ohio State
Ohio State
Ohio State

No.13 Auburn(+5) at No. 3 Clemson
Clemson
Auburn
Clemson
Clemson
Auburn

Pittsburgh (+22) at No. 4 Penn State
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh
Penn State

No.14 Stanford (+6) at No. 6 USC
USC
USC
Stanford
Stanford
USC

Montana at No. 7 Washington
Washington
Washington
Washington
Washington
Washington

Florida Atlantic (+32) at No. 9 Wisconsin
Wisconsin
Wisconsin
Wisconsin
Wisconsin
Wisconsin

Louisiana Monroe (+34.5) at No. 10 FSU
FSU
Louisiana Monroe
Louisiana Monroe
Louisiana Monroe
FSU

No. 11 Ok. State (-28) at South Alabama
Ok. State
Ok. State
Ok. State
Ok. State
Ok. State

Chattanooga at No. 12 LSU
LSU
LSU
LSU
LSU
LSU

No. 15 Georgia (+4) at No. 24 Notre Dame
Notre Dame
Notre Dame
Notre Dame
Georgia
Notre Dame

Minnesota (+2.5) at Oregon State
Oregon State
Oregon State
Oregon State
Oregon State
Minnesota

No. 17 Louisville (-10) at North Carolina
North Carolina
Louisville
North Carolina
North Carolina
Louisville

Delaware at No. 18 Virginia Tech
Virginia Tech
Delaware
Virginia Tech
Virginia Tech
Virginia Tech

Charlotte (+36) at No. 19 Kansas State
Kansas State
Kansas State
Kansas State
Kansas State
Kansas State

Boise State (+10) at No. 20 Washington State
Washington State
Boise State
Washington State
Washington State
Washington State

No. 21 South Florida (-17) at UConn
South Florida
South Florida
South Florida
South Florida
South Florida

No. 23 TCU (-3) at Arkansas
TCU
TCU
Arkansas
TCU
TCU

Indiana State (+20.5) at No. 25 Tennessee
Tennessee
Tennessee
Tennessee
Tennessee
Tennessee

Western Michigan (+7.5) at MSU
Western Michigan
MSU
Western Michigan
Western Michigan
MSU

Northwestern (-3) at Duke
Duke
Northwestern
Duke
Duke
Duke

Iowa (-3) at Iowa State
Iowa
Iowa
Iowa
Iowa State
Iowa

Indiana (-3) at Virginia
Indiana
Indiana
Indiana
Indiana
Indiana

Nebraska (+13.5) at Oregon
Nebraska
Nebraska
Nebraska
Nebraska
Nebraska

Overall
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0

The Michigan football team’s season opener lived up to the hype, 
as the Wolverines defeated then-No. 17 Florida, 33-17. Next up is 
a Cincinnati team that struggled mightily against Austin Peay in 
its season opener. The Bearcats figure to be another tune-up for a 
Michigan team entering the easiest part of its schedule. It would 
take more than a few breaks to put Cincinnati in contention.

Betelhem Ashame, Ted Janes, Orion Sang, Kevin Santo

2017 Schedule

TABLE OF CONTENTS

A member of Cincinnati’s student 
newspaper gives his take on the matchup.

Last December, Mason Cole and his father 
met with the Michigan football coaches to 
discuss the offensive lineman’s future.

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The Daily breaks down how the 
Wolverines will fare against the Bearcats.

Florida (Sept. 2): ***Jaws theme song***

Cincinnati (Sept. 9): What even is a bearcat? A 
bear? A cat? Why not a catbear?

Penn State (Oct. 21): *Types...deletes...
types...* Yeah, that’s off limits too.

Rutgers (Oct. 28): If you’re reading this from 
the hot tub in the student section at Rutgers, 
you should go to the doctor.

Minnesota (Nov. 5): PJ.. Fleck-Harbaugh is the 
next Mayweather-McGregor.

Air Force (Sept. 16): Air Force was my safety 
school. (But really thank you for your service.)

Maryland (Nov. 11): You don’t live in D.C., stop 
saying that.

Purdue (Sept. 23): This game should be a 
*clears throat* STREET FIGHT BETWEEN THE 
WHISTLES!

Michigan State (Oct. 7): The Michigan Daily 
has beaten the State News 12 years in a row.

Indiana (Oct. 14): Hoosier? I barely know her.
Ohio State (Nov. 25): We finally found some-
one who loves college more than Asher Roth: 
tenth-year senior J.T. Barrett.

Wisconsin (Nov. 18): I brought my tent to 
Camp Randall and was wildly disappointed.

Michelle
Phillips,

Managing Design 

Editor

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The Daily presents storylines that you 
should watch for in Michigan’s home.